Cotton-picker.



A. W. GETCHELL.

COTTON PICKER.

-APPLIOATION FILED JUNE 21. 1909.

" 988,566. f Patented Apr. 4, 1911.

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WIT-.A155555 1 INVENT F' AUGUSTUS W. GETCHELL, OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO.

coTToNIcKER.

Specification `et Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1, 1911.

.application filed June 21, 1909. Serial No. 503,286.

To' all 'whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUSTUS WV. GET- GHELL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing Y at Lakewood, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful 'Improvements in Cotton-Pickers; and I hereby deljclare the following to be a full, clear, and

-l exact description of the invent-ion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which ertains to make and use the same.

his invention relates to improvements in cotton pickers and has for its object the provision of a cotton picker which is more etii-' cient and which will pick and gather cotton .more easily and more successfully than the cotton pickers heretofore employed.

More particularly the invention relates to a cotton picker comprising a suitable fan lor suction device, and a suction tube provided with a picker or nozzle, the mouth of which lisdesigned to be presented to the cotton in a manner such that the cotton s drawn therein and engaged by means arranged in the throat of the nozzle 'so that a slight move- Vment of the nozzle will disengage the cotton from the pod and the current Aof air passing down through the nozzle 'and suction tube will deposit the cotton in a receptacle prepared therefor, the whole being suitably -inounted on a frame or truck designed to lbe drawn through thecotton field.

Inl thepreferred use and embodiment of my invention the cotton is picked by a downward suction in combination with a man- ,ual movement of the picker member on the end ofthe suction tube and which is adapted to positively engage the cotton boll when it is drawn therein. The picker member is so constructed that when presented to a boll of cotton itewill partially inclose the cotton and the throat of the picker will be downwardly inclined from the normal or vertical position of the boll sothat the Suction produced by the fan will produce an inward and downward current of air which will draw the cotton boll in through the mouth of the picker and fold it down over the lower edge thereof.

The inlet opening in the picker at the end of the suction tube is preferably elongated or elliptical and is in a plane which when.

the picker member is in its normal position is inclined to the perpendicular in a forwardly direction, and the periphery of the inlet opening is preferably provided with inwardly and rearwardly extending teeth which engage the cotton and prevent the withdrawal thereof when the picker member is moved manually to disengage'the boll from the pod.

The invention may be further brieiiy suminarized as consisting in certain novel details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts which will be ,described in the specification and set forth in the appended claims.

For an understanding of my inventionrcference is had to the accompanying drawings in whichy f Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cotton picker constructed in accordancewith my invention and showing its manner of use,' parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the saine, parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3, Fig. Q. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the picker member in section, on an enlargediscale. Fig. 5 is a front view of the pieken member. Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the picker member showing the cotton boll therein.

Referring now to theligures of tho drawings 10 represents tlie' frame,` and l1 the ground wheels of a suitable vehicle upon which the different parts of the cotton icker are supported. The vehicle is designee to be drawn or propelled through the field in any suitable manner, but in this case I have shown for this purpose a tongue 13. Supported on the rear portion of the frame is an engine 14, such as a gasoleiie engine, which drives a fan or blower 15 also mounted upon the frame adjacent to or at the side of the engine. Supported on the frame 10 forwardly of the engine blower is a receptacle 16 which is designed to receive the cotton from the blower and `when full of cotton may be emptied or replaced by an empty vided with inwardly inclined teeth, so that ing spe'eication, in the presence of two witthe invmdly aid dfwgnwrdly direetedfcunesses. rente nir )ro ucc t e o eration o t e suction device will drw in Ehe cotton boll AUGUSTUS Wi' GETCHE'LL' 5 and fold it vdown into engagement with said Witnesses:

teeth. VICTOR C. LYNCH, In testimony whereof, I sign the forego- N. L. MCDONNELL. 

